‖n. (Zoöl.) The blue buck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; the letter &unr_;, &unr_;. Cf. Itacism. ] (Greek Gram.) The pronunciation of the Greek η (eta) like the Italian e long, that is like a in the English word ate. See Itacism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who favors etacism. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. étager to arrange on shelves, fr. étage story, floor. See Stage. ] A piece of furniture having a number of uninclosed shelves or stages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or use. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. élamine. ] A light textile fabric, like a fine bunting. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. Cf. Staple a mart. ] 1. A public storehouse. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Supplies issued to troops on the march; hence (Mil.), the place where troops on the march halt over night; also, by extension, the distance marched during a day. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. In Russia, a prison or stockade for the confinement of prisoners in transit. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ [ F., fr. état state + L. major greater. ] (Mil.) The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers.

{ ‖ ‖ } [ L. et and + caetera other things. ] Others of the like kind; and the rest; and so on; -- used to point out that other things which could be mentioned are to be understood. Usually abbreviated into etc. or &c. (&c.) Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A variant of Eddish. [ Obs. ] Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Etched p. pr. & vb. n. Etching. ] [ D. etsen, G. ätzen to feed, corrode, etch. MHG. etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. essen &unr_;&unr_;. See Eat. ] 1. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then scored or scratched with a needle, or similar instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the lines thus laid bare. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875. Hamerton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To sketch; to delineate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There are many empty terms to be found in some learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch out their system. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]